{"id":57276,"date":"2023-06-13T16:13:33","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T20:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/?p=57276"},"modified":"2023-06-13T16:13:33","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T20:13:33","slug":"atp-den-bosch-day-3-predictions-including-jannik-sinner-vs-alexander-bublik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2023\/06\/13\/atp-den-bosch-day-3-predictions-including-jannik-sinner-vs-alexander-bublik\/","title":{"rendered":"ATP Den Bosch Day 3 Predictions Including Jannik Sinner vs Alexander Bublik"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the grass season kicks off on the ATP Tour with events in the Netherlands and Germany, the event in &#8216;s-Hertogenbosch (&#8220;Den Bosch&#8221;) is headlined by world #3 Daniil Medvedev. Whilst the Russian doesn\u2019t start his campaign on the second day of the event however, #2 seed and fellow Top 10 player Jannik Sinner does alongside Borna Coric who\u2019s had good results on this surface in the past.<\/p>\n<h2>ATP Den Bosch Day 2 Predictions<\/h2>\n<h4><strong>Ugo Humbert vs Emil Ruusuvuori<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head: Ruusuvuori 3-0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Whilst the head-to-head is 3-0 to the man from Finland, it\u2019s somewhat misleading. Yes, two of the matches were in the past two months and all three were on clay but to compare the clay to the grass would be very misleading. Ruusuvuori\u2019s game works better on slower surfaces where he can hang in rallies and grind opponents down whilst Humbert\u2019s flat forehand and serve penetrate the grass well, as evident with his title win in Halle two years ago. In this battle of 24 year olds, the Frenchman should have the upper hand if he plays his cards right and delivers the level we know he can produce on the surface.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Humbert in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"qMb6fulYSiFoTzYyIWIKBA\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1494075436\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'qMb6fulYSiFoTzYyIWIKBA',sig:'8siaCPqYt1VQ66nmTDRiF0zHRoIHWq5qqvfm67vsUzw=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1494075436',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Rinky Hijikata vs Marc-Andrea Huesler<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head: 0-0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although he\u2019s 22 and ranked 133 in the world, it just hasn\u2019t happened for Australian Hijikata yet, at least not in singles, he did win the Australian Open doubles title earlier this year mind you. But there\u2019s perhaps good reason why it hasn\u2019t worked out, there just isn\u2019t anything special in the young man\u2019s game, it\u2019s all just average or below to say the very least. On the grass you need to go out there and win matches and the Australian\u2019s gamestyle simply doesn\u2019t do that.<\/p>\n<p>Huesler, on the other hand, isn\u2019t much different and in all honesty is in ridiculously bad form without back-to-back wins in a good four months on tour. However, a stunning upset win against <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2020\/09\/01\/maxime-cressy-the-craziest-player-youve-never-heard-of\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Maxime Cressy<\/a> in the first round should give the Swiss a good confidence boost to break that streak.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Huesler in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"7pRKhfb3RGdMYP512V-CYw\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1494350703\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'7pRKhfb3RGdMYP512V-CYw',sig:'y6XVVbpJ6gv1g1Pvta9NCulMeH5TNnAZLwMf0HWsQJE=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1494350703',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Borna Coric vs Mackenzie McDonald<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head: McDonald 1-0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Without being disrespectful to both men, it\u2019s somewhat a matter of producing on the biggest stage then doing absolutely nothing in the past year. Borna Coric obviously won his maiden Masters title in Cincinnati last year with a few stunning top 10 wins against the likes of Rafael Nadal and Stefanos Tsitsipas and since then has struggled to even win matches. McDonald on the other hand straight setted Rafael Nadal at the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/australian-open\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Australian Open<\/a> and hasn\u2019t even come close to reproducing that form since January either.<\/p>\n<p>On paper, the American\u2019s game should suit the surface taking the ball early and being a fairly decent returner but his results show otherwise without two wins in a row on grass on the main tour since Wimbledon 2018. Due to all the injuries we haven\u2019t seen much of the Croatian on grass at all the last few years, in fact, the last time he played <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wimbledon\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Wimbledon<\/a> was five years ago, ironically the same year he beat Roger Federer in the Halle final, so it\u2019s obvious he can play well on this surface when fully fit. This one is very hard to call but due to far better recent form despite it being on the clay, it\u2019s hard to look past Coric.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Coric in 2<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"CSZ_13clTpBcNW2grlfizA\" class=\"gie-single\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1495612311\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'CSZ_13clTpBcNW2grlfizA',sig:'UDZ0OdZchjAXV-vJ4UApAvfJjykdHyHBuEyYCEXgDK8=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1495612311',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Jannik Sinner vs Alexander Bublik<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Head-to-head: Sinner 2-0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Without a doubt the match of the round. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/2021\/03\/03\/alexander-bublik-underrated-maverick\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Bublik not only serves huge<\/a> but off the ground both the backhand and especially forehand can be lethal when he\u2019s on, as last year\u2019s Wimbledon quarterfinalist David Goffin found out in the first round. Sinner, on the other, hand may not produce the firepower and serve of the Kazakh but he produces far better movement and return. Let\u2019s not forget he was a set away from beating eventual champion Novak Djokovic at Wimbledon last year too; the Italian knows how to play on this surface.<\/p>\n<p>The only potential issue for the World #9 is how he\u2019ll handle a heartbreaking choke at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/french-open\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Roland Garros<\/a> not too long ago. If he can get over that quickly and produce the tennis that got him into the Top 10, he should be able to break down and extract enough errors out of Bublik, which is what I expect. If not, or if the 25-year-old redlines, then Sinner may well have his work cut out for him here.<br \/>\n<em>Prediction: Sinner in 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo Credit: Susan Mullane-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the grass season kicks off on the ATP Tour with events in the Netherlands and Germany, the event in &#8216;s-Hertogenbosch (&#8220;Den Bosch&#8221;) is headlined by world #3 Daniil Medvedev. Whilst the Russian doesn\u2019t start his campaign on the second day of the event however, #2 seed and fellow Top 10 player Jannik Sinner does [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":666,"featured_media":56974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[510,15492,6458,346,17408,8884,15511,5862,15518,6537,2400,15602,7450,16340,17113,17114,2373,2369,3638,15614],"class_list":["post-57276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-predictions","tag-alexander-bublik","tag-alexander-bublik-predictions","tag-atp-den-bosch-predictions","tag-borna-coric","tag-borna-coric-predictions","tag-emil-ruusuvuori","tag-emil-ruusuvuori-predictions","tag-jannik-sinner","tag-jannik-sinner-predictions","tag-libema-open-predictions","tag-mackenzie-mcdonald","tag-mackenzie-mcdonald-predictions","tag-marc-andrea-huesler","tag-marc-andrea-huesler-predictions","tag-rinky-hijikata","tag-rinky-hijikata-predictions","tag-tennis-picks","tag-tennis-predictions","tag-ugo-humbert","tag-ugo-humbert-predictions"],"modified_by":"Yesh Ginsburg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/666"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}